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Originally Posted by Dion
Stastny out and Iginla in. Seems like a down grade to me.
Tanguay and Briere have gone well past their best before dates and if you are counting on both for offensive production you will be dissapointed.
Add in Brad stuart on the blueline and you have a decidely much older club.
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Stastny in his first 4 seasons appeared to be an almost point per game guy year over year. His subsequent 4 he regressed and seems more aligned as a 60 ish point guy. He is in his prime now, based on general expectations based on age, and the question is if he is maybe is getting more credit due to the expectations he set with his early years. Do the early years indicating future potential get washed out by failure to consistently deliver? Iggy will obviously not play forever, but his career stats put in context look a heck of a lot better and more consistent than a guy with promise who failed to deliver against it. Stastny may be a guy who peaked early, unfortunately. He has a lot to prove. Iggy is meanwhile challenged to maintain his record as one of the most consistent scorers in league history. No small feat. But at least Iggy has shown he knows what it takes to deliver consistently. And despite peoples' idea about his age was player of the month for the NHL down the stretch and was during the playoffs one of the few Bruins putting up a respectable fight. HOFer for sure